The Top Entrepreneurs in Money, Marketing, Business and Life

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews!
The Top is FOR YOU IF you are:
A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)
STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)
An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)
The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).
Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.
Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at NathanLatka.com/TheTop

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07:28 – The store got more traffic from the daily mail article because there was a direct link to the site.

08:00 – The online store is still operational and doesn’t spend any money on paid acquisition. All the advertising is done through social media outlets.

10:10 – Virtual Valley is a service in which people looking to build a team can acquire its members virtually.

11:30 – There’s a 20% service charge for using the platform – Virtual Valley provides advantages such as employer/employee insurance and an online time tracking program that it believes is covered by the fee.

13:14 – Virtual Valley’s services are based in the Philippines.

15:04 – The company’s goal is to have 7K monthly recurring revenue by February. By the end of 2016, 15K per month in recurring revenue.

15:53 – Getting press is much easier if a business can jump on an existing trend.

17:51 – Famous Five

Resources Mentioned:

Growth Geeks – The way Nathan hires growth hackers on a per project basis for things like info graphics, blog posts, and other growth projects

Daily Mail – Article about men’s leggings

@tomhuntio – Tom’s twitter

Tom Hunt – Tom’s personal website

Meggings – Tom’s e-commerce business

Virtual Valley – Tom’s online marketplace

The Icarus Deception – Book Tom stands by

Sniply – Tom’s favorite online tool

Famous 5

Favorite Book?— The Icarus Deception – by Seth Godin

What CEO do you follow?— Nathan Latka

What is your favorite online tool?— sniply

Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Yes

If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?—Focus more on the journey instead of the result.

Credits

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

Ep 160 Jenn Scalia, a single mom who started from rock bottom to creating a six-figure business. Listen as Nathan and Jenn talk about how she runs her business coaching entrepreneurs in marketing strategy.

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Jenn Scalia is a visibility strategist for entrepreneurs who want to make an impact. A self-professed introvert, and single mom, she went from rock bottom to creating a multi six-figure business. She’s known for her tough-love, no-BS style and helping business owners overcome their fears and share their message with the world.

3 Key Points:

A useful online tool known as a “Welcome Mat” can increase the number of website opt-ins from visitors.

02:54 – Most of her revenue comes from one-on-one coaching and mentorship. She also has a membership site that rakes in about 5-6K a month.

03:55 – The sit-down mentorship involves marketing strategy, funnels, email marketing, and social media strategy. Jenn is all about visibility and getting a message out.

05:01 – Jenn has two secrets. She works hard and is relatable.

05:47 – Membership currently costs 30$ a month and it’s going up to 47$ in a year. Every month, members get two master-classes from Jenn and a guest expert.

06:22 – Membership perks also include a monthly Q&A and a private community (online forum on Facebook).

06:52 – Users stay an average of three months – Jenn offers a trial membership for people who’d like to try it.

07:42 – Jenn’s one-on-one mentorship costs 10K for four months. The price is increasing in January to 15K.

08:20 – Jenn finds her clients through her followers (tribe) and funnel.

09:12 – Jenn and Nathan talk about the usefulness of website ‘welcome mats’ that can increase website opt-ins.

10:22 – Jenn’s biggest expenses are the salaries for her online business manager and virtual assistant for 2K a month (combined) and 4K a month on advertising.

11:40 – Jenn’s spent about 6 figures on her education this year.

12:10 – Nathan and Jenn talk about Todd Herman.

14:14 – Famous Five

Resources Mentioned:

Growth Geeks – The way Nathan hires growth hackers on a per project basis for things like info graphics, blog posts, and other growth projects

Jenn Scalia – Jenn’s Website

Digital Welcome Mats – Increase opt-ins with this online tool

Facebook – Jenn’s Facebook

LinkedIn – Jenn’s LinkedIn

@jennscalia – Jenn’s Twitter

Todd Herman – CEO Jenn follows

30/30 – Jenn’s favorite online tool

Profit First – Book Jenn stands by

Famous 5

Favorite Book?— Profit First – by Mike Mikalowisk

What CEO do you follow?— Todd Herman

What is your favorite online tool?— 30/30

Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No

If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?—Get smart about money – play around with the mindset of finance and what it means to you personally.

Credits

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

Ep 159 Eric Siu, the CEO of the digital marketing agency Single Grain, which has helped companies such as Salesforce, Yahoo, and Intuit scale their revenues online. Listen as Nathan and Eric talk about how Single Grain went from having negative cash flow to profiting 30K a month.

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Eric Siu has worked with various startups, non-profit organizations, and co-founded an online marketing agency. He was formerly the Growth lead at Treehouse, an online coding education business and is currently the CEO of Single Grain, a digital marketing agency. Eric has a podcast based on growth hacking at http://growtheverywhere.com/.

3 Key Points:

Often it’s beneficial for a business to expand its main money making channel instead of investing in new ones.

Previous expertise shouldn’t be underestimated as it can lend itself to current ventures.

Watching the numbers of one’s business’s rise and fall is a more involved process and can be more insightful than reading a report.

Time Stamped Show Notes:

01:00 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show

01:12 – Eric joins the show

01:22 – Single Grain is a marketing agency that helps with search engine optimization and paid advertising.

02:08 – Single Grain made 30K in monthly revenue from making nothing eight months ago.

02:29 – Eric was first brought on to help the agency for a 10% stake. Later he bought the other 90% for only two dollars.

03:25 – The company was struggling when Eric bought it out – losing money at negative 27K in net profit despite generating 1.5 million dollars in annual revenue.

04:32 – Eric sat down with the original founder and was able to negotiate owning the entire company by leveraging his expertise.

05:42 – Single Grain also generates money by referring to other agencies for services the company no longer fulfills. (Such as search engine optimization)

12:17 – Care Sprout spends about 30K a month for lead acquisition channels. (420 new leads per month.)

13:02 – Eric likes to look at his company’s numbers personally, but also uses a dashboard tool called Cyfe.

15:27 – Famous Five

Resources Mentioned:

Growth Geeks – The way Nathan hires growth hackers on a per project basis for things like info graphics, blog posts, and other growth projects

Single Grain – Eric’s current business

Care Sprout – Eric’s newer business

Cyfe – Dashboard software Eric uses

GrowthEverywhere – Eric’s Podcast

@ericosiu – Eric’s Twitter

LinkedIn – Eric’s LinkedIn

Bill Gates – CEO Eric follows

Emerson Spartz – CEO Eric follows

Nathan Latka – CEO Eric follows

TextExpander – Eric’s favorite online tool

The Billionaire Who Wasn’t – Book Eric stands by

Famous 5

Favorite Book?— The Billionaire Who Wasn’t – by Conor O’Clery

What CEO do you follow?— Bill Gates, Emerson Spartz, Nathan Latka

What is your favorite online tool?— Text Expander

Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Yes

If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?—Keep going; those who persist will eventually succeed.

Credits

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

Ep 158 Taylor Peck, the co-founder and editor of isidewith.com, the most popular political information platform in the world. Listen as Nathan and Taylor talk about how iSideWith generates revenue and reaches out to unique visitors.

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Taylor Peck is a political analyst and tech marketing consultant. He manages the data, research, and marketing aspects of iSideWith. Having a lifelong interest in politics, he was searching for a way to engage more voters.

Time Stamped Show Notes:

01:00 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show

01:26 – Taylor joins the show

01:39 – iSideWith was created when Taylor and his roommate in college wanted an online outlet to discuss political issues.

03:10 – A lot of political affiliation quizzes are powered by iSideWith.

04:08 – Almost 25 million people have taken the quiz online.

04:47 – During the political season, the website is averaging 3 to 5 million unique visitors a month.

05:59 – The website gets more than 30% of visitors to participate in the quiz which is rare for a software based company.

06:15 – iSideWith makes money through Google AdSense (10K a month).

07:30 – Taylor lives on about 2,250$ a month.

08:59 – The company’s email list is about 3 million people – they’ve made it very easy to sign up by not asking for a lot of personal information.

10:22 – Political candidates will run sponsored ads on the site to collect emails.

11:39 – The campaigns pay to advertise on a CPA basis (cost per action).

12:46 – Taylor’s website generated 10K in revenue in November.

14:10 – iSideWith is starting to reach out to other countries. Many expenses go to translation services and research.

15:14 – Famous Five

3 Key Points:

Successful CEO’s like Warren Buffet don’t just make a lot of money, they’re just as good at keeping their expenses low and investing intelligently.

iSideWith focuses on growth by developing interactive tools for political candidates instead of generating ad revenue.

“Independence isn’t missed until it’s gone.”

Resources Mentioned:

Growth Geeks – The way Nathan hires growth hackers on a per project basis for things like info graphics, blog posts, and other growth projects

LinkedIn – Taylor’s LinkedIn

iSideWith – Taylor’s business

David Heinemeier Hansson – CEO Taylor follows

Jumpcut – Taylor’s favorite online tool

Storming the Magic Kingdom – Book Taylor stands by

Famous 5

Favorite Book?— Storming the Magic Kingdom by John Taylor

What CEO do you follow?— David Heinemeier Hansson

What is your favorite online tool?— JumpCut

Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Yes

If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?—Independence isn’t missed until it’s gone.

Credits

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

A great way to acquire new customers is to reach out in places where current customers spend their time. (Blogs, social media, events)

Prep Dish has had the most success gaining customers through influencers such as 100 Days of Real Food.

For a meal plan service such as Prep Dish, the churn rate varies depending on the time of the year. This can apply to other seasonally dependent services.

Bio

Allison Schaaf is a chef and nutritionist who is also the founder of Prep Dish. She holds a masters in Nutrition Communications from Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition.

Time Stamped Show Notes:

01:00 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show

01:27 – Allison joins the show

02:08 – Prep Dish started as a personal chef company (that still exists) where customers would personally consult Allison for their meal plans.

03:00 – Prep Dish is a monthly prescription service for 14.99$ a month or 99$ a year.

03:26 – As of November, the service has around 1,100 paying customers.

04:48 – The churn rate for Prep Dish depends on the seasons, with January and August being the busiest months of the year.

07:19 – Some customers switch to a yearly plan to save money. Allison’s company sends out emails to ask if they want to switch.

07:50 – Screenshot

08:40 – Allison spent about 5K a month on Facebook ads for four months which generated about 40K in revenue.

10:14 – Nathan talks about Jamie Tardy, a coach Allison worked with.

10:53 – The average monthly subscriber yields 43$.

11:47 – Allison’s found that the best tactic for her business is working with influencers.

12:32 – Allison talks about working with 100 Days of Real Food.

13:35 – Another way Prep Foods reaches people is by surveying their customers where they spend their time online and acquiring new customers from those places.

14:09 – Prep Foods makes about 10K a month.

15:39 – The Famous Five

Resources Mentioned:

Growth Geeks – The way Nathan hires growth hackers on a per project basis for things like info graphics, blog posts, and other growth projects

Prep Dish – Allison’s business

Twitter – Prep Dish Twitter

Instagram – Prep Dish Instagram

Facebook – Prep Dish Facebook

Periscope – Prep Dish Periscope

Automatic Customer – Allison’s favorite book

Infusionsoft – Allison’s favorite online tools

Famous 5

Favorite Book?— Automatic Customer by John Warrillow

What CEO do you follow?— Her Husband

What is your favorite online tool?— Infusionsoft

Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Yes

If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?— Take it from a nutrition expert, avoid gluten!

Credits

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

Ep 156 features Jonathon Ende, the founder and CEO of Seamless Docs, a next generation e-signature platform that specializes in working with businesses and governments to digitize and automate their pdf and form processes. Listen as Nathan and Jonathon talk about how local governments are using Seamless Doc’s services to modernize cumbersome forms.

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It’s important for new startups to find their “perfect customer” AKA a target consumer who is in consistent need of a particular service or product.

One of the hardest things for an entrepreneur to do is to change people’s existing routines.

Account management is an effective way to promote the growth of businesses.

BioJonathon is an experienced CEO passionate about government innovation. He is dedicated to bringing his diverse skill set and applying all his resources to truly changing the way that government works.

He has been honored by the GREAT Tech Awards winning a grant from the British Government and even receiving the award from Prince William and Mayor DeBlasio of NYC. He has also been appointed a NYC Venture Fellow by the NYEDC and the 92Y and won the prestigious NextCity Vanguard Award, the Grand Prize Winner of $100K at TechWeek NYC and winner of Code for America Technology Award for Government Innovation.

He also was a member of the prestigious Entrepreneur Roundtable Accelerator and Code for America Accelerator Program and is a member of the Urban.Us, 1776, and Govtech Fund portfolio and networks.

Jonathon is excited to continue being a trailblazer within the Govtech community. He believes that interacting with your government can be a beautiful experience.

Time Stamped Show Notes:

01:00 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show

01:50 – Jonathon joins the show

01:58 – Seamless Docs takes any existing PDF and turns it into an online ‘smart’ version.

02:40 – The idea is to make cumbersome forms easier to access by converting it from a PDF to a format that can be filled through various digital means.

03:34 – Government agencies and businesses are billed annually using Seamless Docs.

04:14 – Jonathon’s company is gaining clients at a rate of about 1 per day, and over 300 clients use the service right now.

04:39 – Most customers are local governments that pay between 5K to 100K a year for Seamless Doc’s services.

05:56 – Before Seamless Docs, Jonathon found that PDF’s came with various inconveniences.

06:03 – “One of the hardest things for an entrepreneur to do is to change people’s existing processes (routines).”

06:58 – Finding the “perfect customer” is crucial for an entrepreneur.

Growth Geeks – The way Nathan hires growth hackers on a per project basis for things like info graphics, blog posts, and other growth projects

LinkedIn – Jonathon’s LinkedIn

CrunchBase – Jonathon’s Crunch Base

Seamless Docs – Jonathon’s company.

Elon Musk – CEO Jonathon is mildly obsessed with

Intercom – Jonathon’s favorite online tool

The Lean Startup – Book Jonathon stands by

Famous 5

Favorite Book?— The Lean Startup by Eric Ries.

What CEO do you follow?— Elon Musk

What is your favorite online tool?— Intercom

Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No, he’d be lucky to get 6.

If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?—Focus.

Credits

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

Ep 155 features Vincent Harris, the CEO of Harris Media and Chief Digital Strategist for Senator Rand Paul. Listen as Nathan and Vincent discuss the Harris Media’s online services and how it relates to political strategy.

3 Key Points:

As media choices become more and more fragmented, it’s become important to observe which online platforms can maximize a politician’s voice. (Reddit, Snapchat, Facebook)

Most online funding for political campaigns come through online email solicitations.

It pays to have more patience in one’s professional and personal life – and also to stress less about the little things.

BioVincent Harris is CEO of Harris Media and Chief Digital Strategist for Senator Rand Paul. Previously he has worked on the digital side of three Presidential races, having run all online operations for Texas Governor Rick Perry and Speaker Newt Gingrich’s 2012 campaigns. In 2014 Vincent was hired by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to oversee the digital operations for his Likud party’s successful campaign.

Vincent spent over three years working with Ted Cruz, whom many have credited his successful use of the web as part of his incredible underdog win. Under Vincent’s watch, the nationally acclaimed firm, Harris Media, has grown into a successful company with over 20 employees proudly headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Vincent is a strong believer in the power of the internet as a tool to influence the public arena, and his firm’s successes have been noted in numerous publications and news outlets. His expertise stretches from practical application into academia where he is working towards a PhD at the University of Texas and is blessed to be guest faculty at Baylor University.

He was named the youngest “Rising Star” in Politics by Campaigns & Elections Magazine and was recently profiled in Bloomberg, where he was dubbed “The Man Who Invented the Republican Internet.”

Time Stamped Show Notes:

01:00 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show

01:38 – Vincent joins the show

01:48 – Vincent’s been working in politics since the age of 14, volunteering locally and building websites.

02:50 – At Harris Media, Vincent’s team manages digital communication for his clients by building websites, maintaining social media, and creating videos.

03:45 – As media platforms increase every day, reaching an audience is now dependent on new online trends and websites such as Snapchat and Reddit. Vincent watches these trends to most effectively reach audience members for his clients.

05:19 – Vincent’s firm has found that applications like Heyo are useful for getting emails.

06:32 – In order to increase sales, Vincent’s firm allowed customers of Rand Paul’s online store to vote on which products they wanted on sale.

07:43 – According to Vincent, most political campaigns raise their money through online email solicitations.

08:30 – Rand Paul’s raised a little south of 10 million dollars through online means in the past 12 months for his campaigns.

09:27 – Harris Media makes money through online services for clients who usually pay them a monthly retainer. The company was started in Vincent’s dorm room in college and currently has about 35 employees.

10:37 – Vincent’s clients pay a range from 4K to 15K a month. The firm has about 15 clients. 11:22 – Although Harris Media is a conservative/libertarian agency – their clients are not necessarily politically affiliated.

12:50 – Vincent talks about a full day live stream for Rand Paul.

15:06 – Vincent believes that Trump is too brash with his political statements.

16:58 – Famous Five

Resources Mentioned:

Growth Geeks – The way Nathan hires growth hackers on a per project basis for things like info graphics, blog posts, and other growth projects

Too Conservative – Blog Vincent started in High School

Harris Media – Vincent’s Website mobile app

Wikipedia – More information on Vincent

Mark Zuckerberg – CEO Vincent keeps up with

Love Works – Book Vincent stands by

Over App – One of Vincent’s favorite tools

Perfect Video – Another of Vincent’s online tools

Famous 5

Favorite Book?—Love Works by Joel Manby

What CEO do you follow?— Mark Zuckerberg

What is your favorite online tool?— OverApp and Perfect Video

Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Most nights, yes.

If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?—Be more trusting of God, stress less about the little things. And also to have more patience in his professional and personal life.

Credits

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

Ep 153 features Mark Gagner, the president of Bridge Equity Group, a company specializing in single family fix and flip project in Northern California. Listen as Nathan and Mark talk about how the latter’s company remodels properties and flips them for profit.

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12:16 – For the last deal with the 400K house, Mark puts a portion of his savings into remodeling the house, but not acquiring it.

13:30 – Mark is personally liable for things that don’t get sold, but luckily for him, in Northern California everything gets sold.

16:49 – Famous Five

Resources Mentioned:

Growth Geeks – The way Nathan hires growth hackers on a per project basis for things like info graphics, blog posts, and other growth projects

Bridge Equity Group – Mark’s company.

mgagner@bridgeequitygroup.com – Mark’s email.

Gagner-Toomey Assoc. – Mark’s family business

Rich Dad Poor Dad – Book Mark stands by

Book by Rock Thomas – CEO Mark follows

Famous 5

Favorite Book?— Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

What CEO do you follow?— Rock Thomas, author of The Power of Your Identity

What is your favorite online tool?— No, not really.

Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No

If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?— To have more of a mindset as an entrepreneur instead of staying in corporate.

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The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

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In Episode #152, Nathan speaks with Nick Sonnenberg, the founder of CalvinApp, a productivity mobile app designed to cut back on the amount of emails and texts sent back and forth when making plans. Listen as Nathan and Nick discuss the latter’s transition from making a seven figure salary to building his new startup.

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01:54 – For eight years, Nick used mathematical models and programs on Wall Street to trade stocks in milliseconds.

03:50 – There were many parallels with business and finance with automation that Nick observed as a high frequency trader.

04:50 – Nick was making seven figures before he decided to do his startup.

05:29 – Like many people, Nick values the ability to work on what he wants whenever he wants.

05:52 – Calvin App is funded by 200K of Nick’s own money and another 200K raised by family and connections.

06:21 – The company is looking to raise around 750K.

07:27 – CalvinApp stores the plans of a user and can compare it to those of another user to efficiently find a time both users are free.

09:33 – Instead of making money, the app’s current focus is to improve and get users.

09:45 – Moving forward, CalvinApp plans to make money through affiliate partnerships with services such as OpenTable and Fandango.

10:08 – Nick discusses a second interesting method with CalvinApp that is further down the road. (integrating into brands)

10:56 – CalvinApp has had about 400-500 downloads since coming out very recently on the app store.

11:35 – Who is Calvin?

13:07 – Famous Five

3 Key Points:

As a high frequency trader, Nick observed the benefits of automation not only in finance but also in everyday life.

CalvinApp allows a user to store plans and compare it to those of another user to efficiently find a time both users are free.

Soft skills such as marketing and web development can be just as important as hard skills such as engineering and math.

Resources Mentioned:

Growth Geeks – The way Nathan hires growth hackers on a per project basis for things like info graphics, blog posts, and other growth projects

LinkedIn – Nick Sonnenberg’s LinkedIn

CalvinApp – Nick’s mobile app

Jack Dorsey – CEO Nick keeps up with

Less Doing, More Living – Book Nick stands by

Slack – One of Nick’s online tools

Trello – One of Nick’s online tools

Evernote – One of Nick’s online tools

Famous 5

Favorite Book?—Less Doing, More Living by Ari Meisel

What CEO do you follow?— Jack Dorsey

What is your favorite online tool?— Slack, Trello, Evernote

Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No

If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?—To get involved with web development and marketing instead of focusing too much on Engineering and Math.

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The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

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In Episode #151, Nathan speaks with Evi Meyer, the co-founder and CEO of uMake. In the past, he led design and product management at AutoDesk’s Autocad mobile project. Listen as Jay and Evi talk about how the latter left his job as a project manager in Israel to develop uMake, a 3-D sketching app for mobile platforms.

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01:54 – Evi worked on Autocad mobile which is one of the most successful apps available today.

02:10 – uMake is based in both Tel Aviv for engineering and San Francisco for marketing and business.

03:04 – Evi’s team left Autodesk in order to dive into the 3D design market.

03:33 – uMake is the first 3-D sketching app on mobile platform.

04:11 – Founded in April 2014.

04:25 – The founders invested not only their savings in the project but also less palpable resources.

05:50 – On day one, the business had 80K, which converts to 240K Israeli sheqels.

07:11 – Evi made roughly 97K a year as a project manager in Israel.

08:13 – uMake raised 5.2 million in funding (equity) just recently.

08:32 – uMake was part of an Israeli startup accelerator, and Brian McClendon was one of the first to invest in it.

09:35 – Good investors are interested in what you’re doing and can support you.

11:50 – There are currently hundreds of people using uMake.

12:50 – To create a sustainable business on the app store, the product has to generate value for a user every day.

14:50 – The churn rate is difficult to determine because the app’s been on the store for only about a month.

15:40 – Average revenue per user per month is roughly 13-14$.

16:59 – Famous Five

3 Key Points:

One of the first of its kind, uMake is a 3D sketch tool for mobile devices used by professionals and hobbyists alike.

Good investors not only fund your project but care about the work you do and can support you in other ways like connections and relevant experience.

In order to create a sustainable business based on an app, a product has to generate value for a user every day.

Resources Mentioned:

Growth Geeks – The way Nathan hires growth hackers on a per project basis for things like info graphics, blog posts, and other growth projects

LinkedIn – Evie Meyer’s LinkedIn

CrunchBase – Evie Meyer’s Crunch Base

uMake – Evie’s 3-D sketching tool for mobile devices.

Aaron Levie – CEO Jay keeps up with

Trello – Evi’s favorite online tool

Famous 5

Favorite Book?— N/A Evi learns from his life.

What CEO do you follow?— Aaron Levie

What is your favorite online tool?— Trello

Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No.

If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?—Be confident. Be who you are and do what you want to do.

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A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

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In Episode #151, Nathan speaks with Kelvin Lockwood, the leader of the team behind Bundle, which is a mobile application that collects local news based on a user’s location. Listen as Nathan and Kelvin talk about how Bundle plans to reach users and generate revenue through mobile ads.

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There aren’t many mobile apps that can tell you the local news based on user-location. Facebook can’t because content doesn’t change when traveling.

Getting traction for a user base as a mobile app, the bar is set very high.

Boosting productivity can be as simple as spending less time on things that are not super meaningful in your life

Time Stamped Show Notes:

01:00 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show

01:24 – Kelvin joins the show

01:38 – Bundle is a location driven mobile app, as a user moves around the app collects data and news from the surrounding area.

02:18 – Kelvin jumped ship from his account management job for his startup due to pursue his ideas

02:53 – Kelvin made roughly 50-60K a year in his old job.

03:24 – Bundle addresses a problem that isn’t often talked about – where people get their local news.

04:05 – Websites like Facebook generate local news but when traveling it’s not much use.

04:43 – Kelvin describes what a news feed would look like on Bundle in Austin, Texas.

06:32 – Bundle is currently testing in the UK and US. Anyone who wants to try the app, can request for access.

07:03 – Bundle makes money through mobile advertising.

07:47 – Kelvin’s team thinks there are 8 million prospective users in the UK and 24 million in the US.

08:44 – CPM(cost per mille) of 7$.

11:00 – Getting traction for use of mobile app is very high.

12:38 – By around December 2016, Kelvin hopes that the app will have around a million users.

14:04 – Famous Five

Resources Mentioned:

Growth Geeks – The way Nathan hires growth hackers on a per project basis for things like info graphics, blog posts, and other growth projects

Kelvin Lockwood – LinkedIn

Bundle – Kelvin’s mobile news application

Bundle – LinkedIn

@kelvinlockwood – Kelvin’s Twitter

Breeze– Kelvin’s favorite online tool

How Google Works – Book Kelvin stands by

Bridget Dunlap – CEO Kelvin follows

Andrew Strauss’s Books

Famous 5

Favorite Book?— How Google Works by Eric Schmidt and Andrew Strauss’ books

What CEO do you follow?— Bridget Dunlap

What is your favorite online tool?— Breeze

Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No

If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?— Block out the distractions and non-meaningful things in your life.

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The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

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Ep 144 Yanik Silver redefines how businesses is played in the 21st century as the intersection of more profits, more fun and more impact. Starting with his first million-dollar idea at 3 o’clock in the morning, he has bootstrapped 7 other products and services to the 7-figure mark from scratch without funding, taking on debt or even having a real business plan. Yanik’s story and businesses have been featured in WIRED, TIME.com, USA Today, SmartMoney.com, MSN Money, Entrepreneur, Fox Business News, WORTH.com and the Wall Street Journal among others.

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A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

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Episode 145 Elijah Montecelli was in debt before he started his business selling hand-tailored Apple watch bands. Nowadays he spends his time honing his craft and developing new products for his company, Montecelli Band & Satchel.

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The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

Episode 146 Liz Picarazzi personifies her company’s target customer. She’s spent the last decade juggling a corporate job, motherhood, and marriage, barely having enough time to maintain and improve her family’s biggest investment – their home. Inspired by a book that reminded her how much she loved shop class in middle school, Liz took a leap of faith and started Checklist Homes Services in 2011.

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The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

Pam O’Hara is the CEO of Batchbook social CRM, which she co-founded in 2006. She is responsible for setting the overall direction and product strategy for the company. As a businesswoman and mother, she is committed to running a company that can adapt to the unique needs of both its employees and its customers in order to foster better organization, increased productivity and more balanced lifestyles.

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Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

Kimra Luna is a personal branding and online business strategist who helps freedom-seeking entrepreneurs to stand out, captivate their audiences’ attention and monetize their authentic brands online.

In 2014 and after being on government welfare for over 4½ years, Kimra defied the odds grew her business from zero to $880k in sales in the less than a year.You can find Kimra on YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest and of course Facebook where she consistently provides advice and guidance to her group The Freedom Hacker’s Mastermind.

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The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

Ep141 Stig Brodersen holds a master’s degree in Finance, has studied Business Analysis at Harvard University, and he’s the co-founder of the BuffettsBooks.com educational site. During graduate school Stig co-founded a consultancy firm, providing clients with legal and financial advice relating to personal finance. Upon graduation Stig sold his shares in the firm to become a commodities trader in one of Europe’s leading energy trading companies. Now, Stig works as a college professor teaching a variety of courses including financial accounting, investment and economics. Stig also owns the investment company Stig Brodersen Holding.

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3 Key Points:

“If you can’t be the person that you really are [in a workplace], you should leave for the sake of everyone.”

“Success is probably the simplest thing in the world. You just have to do the same thing as successful people and then stop doing the same thing that unsuccessful people are doing.”

Being a commodities trader is a strenuous, long hour job that pays a lot of money.

Episode Notes:

01:00 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show

02:00 – Stig joins the show

02:27 – “Always be good to other people.” – Easy to say, hard to practice

03:56 – Million monkeys flipping coins, one should be lucky – a Warren Buffet metaphor

04:40 – Stig quit his job as a commodities trader to teach and run a podcast

05:23 – Being a commodities trader involves working very long hours

06:08 – A trader gets a base salary and a bonus which is usually more appealing than the base salary

06:49 – Stig made between 200K and 400K on his base salary as trader

07:25 – As a trader, Stig dealt in energy like stocks. He started in 2011 and quit in 18 months

08:43 – “If you can’t be the person that you really are, you should leave for the sake of everyone.”

09:09 – Luckily, Stig didn’t struggle with paying rent or food in his off period

09:47 – His living expenses per month was a few thousand dollars

10:25 – Something that stuck with Stig: “Success is probably the simplest thing in the world. You just have to do the same thing as successful people and then stop doing the same thing that unsuccessful people are doing.”

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The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

Ryan Daniel Moran is one of the most sought after and well respected leaders on entrepreneurship in the marketplace. He is best known for helping businesses develop their million-dollar plan, getting rapid results, and investing the profits for passive income. Ryan is recognized for cutting out the fluff and creating the “fast lane” to results without compromising your lifestyle or being a slave to your business.

YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nathan" to 33444 to confirm that you've done it to enter to win $100 every Monday on the show. Do this now. Stop reading this and do it!

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

James Marks is the Co-Founder and CEO of Whiplash, a shipping department for e-commerce. He negotiated his first commercial lease when he was 17 and has been building companies ever since.

YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nathan" to 33444 to confirm that you've done it to enter to win $100 every Monday on the show. Do this now. Stop reading this and do it!

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

Ep138 Mark J. Podolsky (AKA The Land Geek) is widely considered the Country’s most trusted and foremost authority on buying and selling raw, undeveloped land within the United States. He has been actively investing in Real Estate and Raw Land since 2001, and has completed over 5,000 unique transactions. Mark’s company, Frontier Equity Properties, LLC, is an A+ rated BBB real estate company. Mark has achieved this level of success largely due to his core business philosophy – “Happy Customers Guaranteed.” Mark is the host of one of the top rated podcast in the Investing Category on iTunes aptly title The Best Passive Income Model. He is also the host of the Land Geek Podcast- Work Smart. Earn More. Learn How.

3 Key Points:

The raw undeveloped land market is an untapped real estate niche that if bought and sold correctly, can generate considerable passive income.

Selling raw undeveloped land doesn’t require rehab, renters, renovations, or rodent control. It can be done from a computer anywhere.

Life is a numbers game. Don’t be fearful and take risks when you can.

Episode Notes:

01:00 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show

01:53 – Mark joins the show

02:39 – Bought 160 acres of raw undeveloped land for 6,200$. Sold for 54,000$

03:14 – Mark’s company sends direct offers to land holders that are accepted at a 3-5% rate

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

Matt Gallant is a serial entrepreneur who’s collected over 7 million leads, scientifically tested well over 10,000 different marketing ideas, generate tens of millions of dollars online and built his dream international lifestyle. Matt currently resides in Panama with his beautiful wife.

YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nathan" to 33444 to confirm that you've done it to enter to win $100 every Monday on the show. Do this now. Stop reading this and do it!

Resources Mentioned:

www.masszymes.com

Gold Lantern Lead Tracking Software – Infinite Profit Solutions

Breakthrough Advertising

Famous 5

Favorite Book?— Breakthrough Advertising (I’m reading/listening to an underground book all the billionaires recommend called Business Adventures. I got it for free. Click here to get your free audiobook and listen to it during the holidays.)

What CEO do you follow?— Richard Branson

What is your favorite online tool?— Gold Lantern

Do you get 8 hours of sleep?—I’m a big sleeper

If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?— Learn how to invest right now

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nathan" to 33444 to confirm that you've done it to enter to win $100 every Monday on the show. Do this now. Stop reading this and do it!

Resources Mentioned:

Nathan uses Growth Geeks (my friend Mike’s company) to keep this blog and podcast at the top of the charts. Nathan hires growth hackers to do anything he wants for an hourly or monthly price to avoid bringing on full time employees/fixed costs. Mike and Nathan have hooked you up with a free growth hacker: Click here and get your first job done free.

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop